Brewing a Bavarian Helles

[Kit_B]

AA is right.
The disclaimer I will place on this is that you can't fully expect those statements to apply, if you're gravity feeding from one vessel to another & dropping a stream of wort a distance of 3 feet, in the open air.
You really should take a proactive approach to mitigating O2 uptake, to make the sulfites work in your favor.

[Owenbräu]

[KenLenard]

According to my calcs I would use 1.7g of SMB in my mash water and then a small amount (forget now how much but very small) for the sparge water. That doesn't seem unreasonable which is hilarious for me to say because I have never used it. But it seems more reasonable than 7-8 campden tablets. I think I see a path where I could at least take a stab at this. It may not be the most graceful stab but I'm going to try it. Helles is one style I make a lot of and if there is a difference between the versions I typically make and this LODO version, I should be able to detect it. If not, I either didn't go far enough to scrub out O2 or my tastebuds are just not sensitive enough. I have ordered a new SS chiller and I am now going to pick up some hi-temp silicone tubing, some SMB and a spunding valve. What on Earth have you guys done to me!?

[Owenbräu]

[Owenbräu]

[mpietropaoli]

[KenLenard]

Not sure on the brewday yet and I need to wait for more supplies to arrive. I will also have to clear my calendar because this brewday will probably take longer than a standard brewday. I have also used the Wyeast 2352 yeast four times now and plan to retire it but I do have a fresh pack of 2124 and plan to make a 2L starter for it specifically for the first LODO batch.

[Owenbräu]

[Brandon]

I am using 2124 for the first time on the Helles I have going right now. So far fantastic flavor, easy to work with yeast, fast to get going, not finicky unlike others, low sulfur (so far).

[Brandon]

What was the concensus on pitching at high krausen? Would a 2L starter be enough...do that ahead of time, decant and add fresh wort the morning of brew day. Pitch once the final wort is cooled. I did that with WLP802 (though I had plenty of yeast). and it worked well. With the 2124 I did a 2L then 4L starter, decanted and pitched. I think it would have been better for that to have been at high krausen, but it was certainly fast as it was.